That morning,
After Jack climbed and climbed and climbed,
He came out onto the road again and up to the great tall house he had been to before.
There,
Sure enough,
Was the great tall woman who was standing on the doorstep.
Good morning,
Madam,
Said Jack,
As bold as brass.
Could you be so good as to give me something to eat?
Go away,
My boy,
Said the big tall woman,
Or else my man will eat you up for breakfast.
Aren't you the youngest who came here once before?
Do you know,
That very day,
My man missed one of his bags of gold?
That's strange,
Madam,
Said Jack.
I dare say I could tell you something about that,
But I'm so hungry,
I can't speak until I've had something to eat.
Well,
The big tall woman was so curious that she took him in and gave him something to eat.
Jack was eating as slowly as he possibly could,
When suddenly they heard the giant's footsteps,
And his wife hid Jack away in the oven.
All happened as it did before.
In came the ogre,
As he did before,
Said,
And had his big breakfast.
Then he said,
So she brought it,
And the ogre said,
And it laid an egg all of gold.
Then the ogre began to nod his head and to snore until the house shook.
Jack crept out of the oven on tiptoe and got hold of the golden hen,
And was off before you could say Jack Robinson.
This time,
The hen gave a cuckoo,
Which woke up the ogre,
And just as Jack got out of the house,
He heard him calling,
The wife said,
But that was all Jack heard,
For he rushed off to the beanstalk,
And climbed down like a house on fire.
When he got home,
He showed his mother the wonderful hen and said,
Well,
It wasn't long before that Jack made up his mind to have another try at his luck.
One fine morning,
He rose up and got to the beanstalk,
And he climbed and climbed and climbed again,
Until he got to the top.
This time,
He knew better than to go straight to the ogre's house.
When he got near it,
He waited behind a bush,
Until he saw the ogre's wife come out with a pail to get some water,
And then he crept into the house and got into a big copper pot.
He hadn't been there long when he heard the loud steps of the ogre,
And in came in the ogre and his wife.
Fee,
Fee,
Fo,
Foom!
I smell the blood of an Englishman!
Cried out the ogre.
I smell him.
To you,
My dear,
Said the ogre's wife.
Then,
If it's that little thief that stole your gold,
And then the hen that laid the golden eggs,
He's sure to have gotten into the oven,
And they both rushed into the oven.
Jack wasn't there,
Luckily,
So the ogre sat down to the breakfast and ate it.
But every now and then,
He would mutter,
Well,
I could have sworn.
And he'd get up and search the ladder and the cupboards and everything,
Only,
Luckily,
He didn't think of the copper pot.
After breakfast was over,
The ogre called out,
Wife,
Bring me my golden harp.
So she brought it and put it on the table before him.
Then he said,
Sing!
The golden harp sang most beautifully.
It went on singing until the ogre fell asleep and started to snore like a thunder.
Then Jack lifted up the copper lid very quietly and got down like a mouse and crept on his hands and knees until he came to the table.
When up he crawled,
Caught hold of the golden harp and dashed with it towards the door.
But the harp called out quite loudly,
Master!
The ogre woke up just in time to see Jack running off with his harp.
Jack ran as fast as he could,
And the ogre came rushing after and would soon have caught him.
Only Jack had a head start,
Avoided him a bit,
And he knew where he was going.
When he got to the pinstack,
The ogre was not more than 20 yards away,
When suddenly he saw Jack disappear.
When he came to the end of the road,
He saw Jack underneath climbing down for dear life.
Well,
The ogre didn't like trusting himself to such a ladder,
And he stood and waited,
So Jack got another start.
Just then,
The harp cried out,
Master!
Master!
And the ogre swung himself down onto the pinstack,
Which shook with his weight.
Down climbed Jack,
And after him climbed the ogre.
By this time,
Jack had climbed down,
And climbed down,
And climbed down until he was very nearly home.
So he called out,
Mother!
Mother!
Bring me an axe!
His mother came rushing out with an axe in her hand,
But when she came to the pinstack,
She stood stuck still with fright,
For there she saw the ogre with his legs just through the clouds.
Jack jumped down and took hold of the axe and gave a shove at the pinstack,
Which cut it half in two.
The ogre felt the pinstack shake and quiver,
So he stopped to see what was the matter.
Then Jack gave another chop with the axe,
And the pinstack was cut in two and began to topple over.
Then the ogre fell down and broke his crown,
And the pinstack came toppling after.
Jack showed his mother his golden harp,
And with showing that and selling the golden eggs,
Jack and his mother became very rich,
And he married a great princess,
And they lived happily ever after.
